External Faculty Awards
It is essential to recognize the stellar work being performed by our faculty. Please assist us by reviewing the list of awards available and contacting us regarding possible nominees.
For further information, or to connect with the NOSM U’s External Faculty Awards Nominating Committee, please contact Amanda Mihalus, Executive Assistant, Faculty Affairs at amihalus@nosm.ca.
| wdt_ID | Agency Acronym | Agency | Award | Type | Sudmisson Deadline | Quarter | Eligibility | Website Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AAMC | Association of American Medical Colleges | AAMC Award for Excellence in Medical Education | International | 28-Jan | Q3 | Annually recognizes the extraordinary contributions of an individual to the medical education community. | https://www.aamc.org/what-we-do/aamc-awards/excellence |
| 2 | AAMC | Association of American Medical Colleges | Award for Distinguished Research in the Biomedical Sciences | International | 28-Jan | Q3 | Annually recognizes a faculty member who has made outstanding research contributions to advance understanding of health and disease. | https://www.aamc.org/what-we-do/aamc-awards/distinguished-research |
| 3 | AAMC | Association of American Medical Colleges | Spencer Foreman Awards for Outstanding Community Engagement | International | 1-Apr | Q4 | Annually recognizes an AAMC-member medical school, teaching hospital, or health system with a longstanding, major institutional commitment to partnering with their communities to address community-identified needs. | https://www.aamc.org/what-we-do/aamc-awards/spencer-foreman |
| 4 | AAMC | Association of American Medical Colleges | Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Award | International | 1-Apr | Q4 | Honors a medical school faculty physician (MD or DO degree) who exemplifies the qualities of a caring and compassionate mentor in the teaching and advising of medical students. Administered through the Organization of Student Representatives (OSR). | https://www.aamc.org/what-we-do/aamc-awards/humanism |
| 5 | AAMC | Association of American Medical Colleges | Robert Wood Johnson Foundation David E. Rogers Award | International | 28-Jan | Q3 | Honors a medical school faculty member who has made major contributions to improving public health and health care. | https://www.aamc.org/what-we-do/aamc-awards/rogers |
| 6 | AAMC | Association of American Medical Colleges | Alpha Omega Alpha Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher Award | International | 1-Apr | Q4 | Each medical school in US and Canada may nominate one faculty member. Only institutions that have NOT had a recipient of this award in the past 3 years are eligible to apply. | https://www.aamc.org/what-we-do/aamc-awards/aoa-glaser-distinguished-teacher |
| 7 | AAMC | Association of American Medical Colleges | Herbert W. Nickens Award | International | 1-Apr | Q4 | Individual who has made outstanding contributions to promoting justice in medical education and health care equity in the United States. | https://www.aamc.org/what-we-do/aamc-awards/nickens |
| 8 | AAMC | Association of American Medical Colleges | Herbert W. Nickens Faculty Fellowship | International | 1-Apr | Q4 | This award recognizes an outstanding junior faculty member who demonstrates leadership potential in addressing inequity in medical education and health care; demonstrated efforts in addressing educational, societal, and health care needs of racial and eth | https://www.aamc.org/what-we-do/aamc-awards/nickens-faculty-fellowship |
| 9 | ACEHP | Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions | Award for Outstanding Educational Collaboration | International | 1-Sep | Q1 | Recognizes individuals and/or institutions for working jointly with others in an intellectual endeavor in the spirit of advancing the field of continuing education. Activity must have been initiated between January 1, 2019 and July 31, 2020. | http://www.acehp.org/p/cm/ld/fid=93 |
| 10 | ACEHP | Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions | Francis M. Maitland Memrial Mentorship Lecture and Award | International | 1-Sep | Q1 | In recognition of an Alliance member (including emeritus) for their significant contributions to the field of CE, through the role of mentoring. Mentoring experience in the profession and within the Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professi | http://www.acehp.org/p/cm/ld/fid=93 |
| 11 | ACEHP | Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions | William Campbell Flech Awards for Outstanding Research in CME | International | 1-Sep | Q1 | Recognizes the best research project in the CE arena. Research must have been initiated between January 1, 2019 and July 31, 2020. | http://www.acehp.org/p/cm/ld/fid=93 |
| 12 | ACEHP | Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions | Pioneer Award for Breaking New Ground (in/with) your CPD Program | International | 1-Sep | Q1 | Recognizes the pioneer spirit and accomplishments based on “out of the box” thinking, creative endeavors, infrastructures, or processes that demonstrate excellence in accomplishing CPD program goals. For the 2021 awards cycle, the focus will be on recogni | http://www.acehp.org/p/cm/ld/fid=93 |
| 13 | ACEHP | Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions | Excellence in Educational Design | International | 1-Sep | Q1 | Recognizes initiatives that demonstrate excellence in integrating these and other educational design principles into the design of interventions resulting in improvements in healthcare provider performance and in patient or population health. | http://www.acehp.org/p/cm/ld/fid=93 |
| 14 | ACEHP | Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions | Outstanding CE Outcomes | International | 1-Sep | Q1 | Recognizes excellence in the design and implementation of outcomes assessment in CEhp | http://www.acehp.org/p/cm/ld/fid=93 |
| 15 | ACEHP | Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions | Innovative Format | International | 1-Sep | Q1 | Recognizes outstanding innovation in the delivery format for a certified or non-certified continuing education activity that does not meet the definition of any of the other award categories. | http://www.acehp.org/p/cm/ld/fid=93 |
| 16 | ACEHP | Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions | Distinguished Member & Fellow Awards | International | 1-Sep | Q1 | Recognizes active participation in Alliance programs and events, these awards of distinction affirm Alliance members' commitment to advancing the organization's goals and objectives. Based on numeric scale, where points are accumulated from participation | http://www.acehp.org/p/cm/ld/fid=93 |
| 17 | AERA | American Educational Research Association | Distinguished Contributions to Research in Education Award | International | October 1 (possibility of extension) | Q2 | This award is the premier acknowledgment of outstanding achievement and success in education research. | https://www.aera.net/About-AERA/Awards/2021-Call-for-AERA-Award-Nominations |
| 18 | AERA | American Educational Research Association | Outstanding Book Award | International | October 1 (possibility of extension) | Q2 | The Outstanding Book Award was established to acknowledge and honor the year’s best book-length publication in education research and development. To be considered for the 2021 Outstanding Book Award, a book must be concerned with the improvement of the e | https://www.aera.net/About-AERA/Awards/2021-Call-for-AERA-Award-Nominations |
| 19 | AERA | American Educational Research Association | E.F. Lindquist Award | International | October 1 (possibility of extension) | Q2 | This annual award is presented jointly by the American Educational Research Association and the American College Testing Program in recognition of outstanding applied or theoretical research in the field of testing and measurement. The award is meant to a | https://www.aera.net/About-AERA/Awards/2021-Call-for-AERA-Award-Nominations |
| 20 | AERA | American Educational Research Association | Early Career Award | International | October 1 (possibility of extension) | Q2 | Established to honor an individual in the early stages of their career no later than 10 years after receipt of the doctoral degree, this award can be granted for study in any field of educational inquiry. | https://www.aera.net/About-AERA/Awards/2021-Call-for-AERA-Award-Nominations |
| 21 | AERA | American Educational Research Association | Distinguished Public Service Award | International | October 1 (possibility of extension) | Q2 | This award is granted annually in recognition of an individual who has worked to enact or implement policies that are well grounded in education research, or who has been at the forefront of efforts to increase recognition and support for education resear | https://www.aera.net/About-AERA/Awards/2021-Call-for-AERA-Award-Nominations |
| 22 | AERA | American Educational Research Association | Social Justice in Education Award | International | October 1 (possibility of extension) | Q2 | Honors an individual who has advanced social justice through education research and exemplified the goal of linking education research to social justice. | https://www.aera.net/About-AERA/Awards/2021-Call-for-AERA-Award-Nominations |
| 23 | AERA | American Educational Research Association | Scholars of Color in Education Awards | International | October 1 (possibility of extension) | Q2 | These awards are intended to recognize (a) scholars who have made significant research contributions to the understanding of issues that disproportionately affect minority populations, and (b) scholars of color who have made significant contributions to e | https://www.aera.net/About-AERA/Awards/2021-Call-for-AERA-Award-Nominations |
| 24 | AERA | American Educational Research Association | Distinguished Contributions to Gender Equity in Education Research Award | International | October 1 (possibility of extension) | Q2 | This award will be presented to an individual whose professional career has been devoted in substantial part to the study of gender and/or sexuality in education, and who has significantly advanced the field through extraordinary leadership, scholarship, | https://www.aera.net/About-AERA/Awards/2021-Call-for-AERA-Award-Nominations |
| 25 | AERA | American Educational Research Association | Exemplary Contributions to Practice-Engaged Research Award | International | October 1 (possibility of extension) | Q2 | Presented to an education research scholar or scholars in recognition of collaborative project(s) between researchers and practitioners that have had sustained and observable effects on contexts of practice | https://www.aera.net/About-AERA/Awards/2021-Call-for-AERA-Award-Nominations |
| Agency Acronym | Agency | Award | Type | Sudmisson Deadline | Quarter | Eligibility | Website Link |
Note: Quarter is based on PGME Fiscal Year (July 1-June 30). Q1 (Jul-Sept), Q2 (Oct-Dec), Q3 (Jan-Mar), Q4 (Apr-Jun). Awards have been placed into quarters based on nomination submission deadlines.